Mr. Speaker, yesterday hundreds of postal workers came to the Prime Minister's door to protest the government's decision to stop Canada Post from delivering advertising mail, a move that will result in the layoff of 10,000 workers, one of the largest mass terminations in recent Canadian history.
Today postal workers will be setting up information pickets at major postal stations across Canada as part of their campaign to save the jobs of 10,000 men and women, most of whom work less than 15 hours a week and therefore are not eligible for EI.
In the red book the Liberals promised that a Liberal government would put jobs and economic growth at the forefront of its objectives. Instead, here we have a Liberal government that gave absolutely no thought whatsoever to the devastation and hardship this cruel and tasteless act will bring to the lives of those workers and their families.
The government should rescind this decision, save the jobs of the admail workers and promote the healthy future of a public postal service.